Low Carbon sink capacity of Red Sea mangroves.

ABSTRACT: Mangroves forests of Avicennia marina occupy about 135 km² in the Red Sea and represent one of the most important vegetated communities in this otherwise arid and oligotrophic region. We assessed the soil organic carbon (C_org) stocks, soil accretion rates (SAR; mm y^-1) and soil C_org sequestration rates (g C_org m^-2 yr^-1) in 10 mangrove sites within four locations along the Saudi coast of the Central Red Sea. Soil C_org density and stock in Red Sea mangroves were among the lowest reported globally, with an average of 4 ± 0.3 mg C_org cm^-3 and 43 ± 5 Mg C_org ha^-1 (in 1 m-thick soils), respectively. Sequestration rates of C_org, estimated at 3 ± 1 and 15 ±

SUBMITTER: Almahasheer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5574891 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature